Indian-origin politician Pravin Gordhan becomes South Africas Finance Minister
An Indian-origin politician, Pravin Gordhan has been appointed as South AfricaĆ¢s new Finance Minister. With this he becomes countryĆ¢s third Finance Minister in a week. He replaces David van Rooyen who was appointed on 10 November 2015.
Vijay Kumar pips Gurpreet to win gold
Olympic silver medallist Vijay Kumar, with a score of 588, pipped Gurpreet Singh by two points to win the centre fire pistol gold in the 59th National shooting championship at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad. Vijay finished strongly by shooting 296 in the rapid fire section of the centre fire pistol event, after having shot 292 in the precision stage.